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Bruce/CT · 06-09-2021, 11:29 PM

Hi Tom,
Looks Great. Good to hear that you are feeling better. I am debating on a wheel color for my !936 restoration. The body is Deep Maroon and I was considering a sand color. What color are your wheels?
Bruce

Tom's36coupe · 06-10-2021, 08:59 AM

Hey Bruce, I will ask my paint guy for the color code, its a PPG.

Tom's36coupe · 06-10-2021, 09:06 AM

PPG fleet color #80020 is my code for wheels

APDAVE · 06-10-2021, 04:47 PM

Looks Great! Dave

Tom's36coupe · 06-17-2021, 02:55 PM

Well, all finished with new brake cylinders and she is stopping fine now. Took it for a nice drive from my shop to home, about 4 miles...drove in and my wife said, you are missing a hubcap! We went back along the same roads but no luck on finding it, ordered another one from Macs and my paint guy will have another small job to do

I put a dab of silicone on the wheel tabs for the other three so hopefully they will stay on. Car looks great in the sunshine today, grateful to have it completed, now time to enjoy

tubman · 06-17-2021, 03:18 PM

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What a nice lookin' car! With the price of '36 hubcaps being what it is, I'd consider something more substantial than "a dab of silicone" to keep them on. Does anyone sell quality replacement spring clips?

Tom's36coupe · 06-17-2021, 06:55 PM

Tubman, good question....several tabs are not very tight holding. Looks like they are riveted on?

Phil Gillespie · 06-17-2021, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom's36coupe

Tubman, good question....several tabs are not very tight holding. Looks like they are riveted on?

Have found some of the replacement tabs are not correct spring type steel.
They tend to bend and loss of tension yo hold hub caps.
I ended up fitting some old ones removed from a spare rim.
Phil NZ

Ken Henry · 06-17-2021, 08:16 PM

It looks stunning! Fantastic work!!

06-09-2021, 11:29 PM	#41
Bruce/CT Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Middlebury, CT Posts: 782	Re: Project getting close to the finish line Hi Tom, Looks Great. Good to hear that you are feeling better. I am debating on a wheel color for my !936 restoration. The body is Deep Maroon and I was considering a sand color. What color are your wheels? Bruce __________________ Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.......Henry Ford

06-10-2021, 08:59 AM	#42
Tom's36coupe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 549	Re: Project getting close to the finish line Hey Bruce, I will ask my paint guy for the color code, its a PPG.

06-10-2021, 09:06 AM	#43
Tom's36coupe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 549	Re: Project getting close to the finish line PPG fleet color #80020 is my code for wheels

06-10-2021, 04:47 PM	#44
APDAVE Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 240	Re: Project getting close to the finish line Looks Great! Dave

06-17-2021, 03:18 PM	#46
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 12,148	Re: Project getting close to the finish line Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) What a nice lookin' car! With the price of '36 hubcaps being what it is, I'd consider something more substantial than "a dab of silicone" to keep them on. Does anyone sell quality replacement spring clips?

06-17-2021, 06:55 PM	#47
Tom's36coupe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 549	Re: Project getting close to the finish line Tubman, good question....several tabs are not very tight holding. Looks like they are riveted on?

06-17-2021, 08:16 PM	#49
Ken Henry Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 266	Re: Project getting close to the finish line It looks stunning! Fantastic work!!